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Oak Tree @ Hollywood for Saturday 23 Oct 2010

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After 2 stellar days of handicapping by yours truly I'd be shocked if I had another top notch day today ( 10 top choice winners in 16 races run)....but then again if it's a difficult card for me I imagine it is the same for others. It is a market place after all.

I do like this recommended wager quite a bit.

9th race trifecta boxes 1,3,8 1,4,8 1,5,8 18 bets

race 1 average clarity

3 Cafe Con Leche multiple impressive sprint races on the AW and the turf especially considering the level most of his races were run at

4 Buyers Remorse trainer/rider have been a hot commodity as a team....horse is fresh and that has been a good thing in the past

race 2 slightly above avg clarity

4 Joe Carl on the improve so smartly steps up a notch......really appreciates running on the Hol synthetic surface

2 Gentle Romeo owns blistering sprint speed and should be very dangerous if he can throttle down early to stay the 1 1/16 mile distance

1 Kanan Dume believe lightly used jock is 3 for 3 in the win column thru Thurs night racing.....gelding can get a nice ground saving distance chase position

race 3 average clarity

5 Chapman's Peak set stellar fractions in last and still only tired to get beat by 1 1/2 lengths....seemingly log gone unless one or both of the 2 1sters have speed

2 Private Bounty solid move forward in 2nd lifetime race....caught our top pick late in his last race benefiting from the aforementioned nasty pace...will he get it today?

race 4 slightly below average clarity

1 Plantsite major league pace wake up at Fpx in last.....similar effort today will have him prominent thru-out and tough in the stretch

2 Summers At Delmar last would make him the one to beat in this spot....but.....he sure is in drop mode....4th straight drop

3 Nepobedimiy GG invader is route turf fit which is usually a solid plus when attempting to get the extended 1 turn distances

race 5 average clarity

2 Alert Rocket rather sure the strategy here (especially with the 1 post and P Val) is to break cleanly-get loose-and discourage a weak looking field-wire to wire shot